A simple and efficient protocol for the treatment of zebrafish colonies infected with parasitic nematodes

Zebrafish

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 447-450

  Maley, David ^a   Laird, Angela S ^a,b   Rinkwitz, Silke ^a   Becker, Thomas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; FENBENDAZOLE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENOPLID INFECTION; FEMALE; INTESTINE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; TRICHUROIDEA; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; ENOPLIDA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FENBENDAZOLE; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; TRICHUROIDEA; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84883329927     PISSN: 15458547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/zeb.2013.0868     Document Type: Article

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